Diamond Cutters

Tangle & Whisper: Pirate Wars

So, I read the Sonic IDW comics... and I LOVE 'EM! They're exactly what was missing in Sonic these past several years: suspense, dark themes, great character dynamics, great writing! And I've found new favorite characters in Tangle and Whisper. So much that... I'm writing a side story of them, taking place during the Pirate Wars saga of my Gameverse series. Certain events from the comics remain canon in this series while others don't. Relevant events will be described and shown in flashbacks during this chapter. Furthermore, most of the main Sonic characters are replaced by their Nextgen Kids in those canon events. But that'll be a separate discussion.

"Claire! Smithy! Please respond!"

Whisper ran lost within the labyrinth of Eggman's base. Her gasps were faint and quiet, but her narrow eyes boiled with desperation.

"WHISPER!" The wolf stopped and looked at a monitor. The team's psychic, Claire Voyance was surrounded by Shadow Androids. They focused rapid gunfire as she used her perception to dodge them. "Whisper, hel-!" A lucky bullet grazed her skull, and soon her body was riddled with them.

"Claire..." Her voice remained faint, yet her throat choked on the reality.

"GUYS!" She saw Smithy on another monitor. The muscular lion, their fearless leader, was being steadily flattened by a giant Egg Hammer. "NEED BACKUP! I NEED-" He splattered into a bloody pulp.

"Smithy..."

"Get back!" Slinger, their marksman, expertly shot at a squad of sword-wielding Shadow Androids. "There's too many! GUYS, WHERE ARE Y-" One android got close and slice the ocelot's head clean off.

"Slinger..."

There was one last monitor: her only other teammate... Mimic the Octopus. His gaze cold, Mimic turned away into darkness. "Mimic... why..."

"WHISPEEEEEER!"

Her heart skipped a beat as she spun around. From the other end of the corridor, an excitable lemur was running toward Whisper with the most vibrant smile, her hand and tail waving. Whisper's eyes quivered as she glanced up... a hatch was opening on the ceiling above the lemur's path. "Tangle... stop..."

"QUIT STANDIN' AROUND! Let's go kick Eggman's big fat a-"

A silver waterfall poured over Tangle. She squirmed and gagged as it completely coated her. "Tangle... no..." Her friend's eyes burned orange. They met Whisper with a relentless gaze. "No...no..." The metallic beast lunged at her. "NOOOO-!"

"WHISPER!"

Tangle's upside-down face swung to-and-fro above her. "?!" In the blink of an eye... Whisper was in her bed. In their treehouse. Tangle was hanging from the support beam by her tail. "Tangle... is something the matter?"

"Uh, yeah." Tangle sported a somewhat reprimanding cock of the eyebrow, hands folded at her hips. "It's breakfast and you aren't getting up to get bagels with us. Let's get to the bakery before they give away the best ones!" Her tail unraveled as she flipped upright, bounced off Whisper's bed, and sprinted out.

Whisper was still trying to calm her heart. That nightmare returned every other night. ...That... and another nightmare.

Sector D.C.: the Diamond Cutters. She couldn't believe it had been two years. They were the best espionage team in the Mobius Kids Next Door. Whisper looked at the photo on her bedside every morning. It was the happiest she ever looked. Unlike other sectors, they were kept a secret to all but Supreme Leader Marcus, barely having information on the KND database. This helped them stay hidden from villains like Dr. Eggman, allowing them to better do their jobs without anyone suspecting.